---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-021763"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DTIL"
cik: "0001357874"
company_name: "PRECISION BIOSCIENCES INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T05:49:02.613302+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Precision BioSciences appoints Melinda Brown to board and audit committee chair

## Summary
- Brown appointed as Class III director and Chair of Audit Committee effective May 26, 2022.
- Annual cash retainer of $40,000 for board service, plus $15,000 for audit committee chair.
- Initial equity award of 36-month vested options with $400,000 grant date fair value awarded.
- Brown is fifth director added since April 2021, bringing financial and leadership expertise.
- She previously served as SVP and Controller at Tapestry and held senior roles at PepsiCo.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-021763
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DTIL
- cik: 0001357874
- company_name: PRECISION BIOSCIENCES INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357874/000156459022021763/0001564590-22-021763-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357874/000156459022021763/dtil-8k_20220531.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-021763.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Melinda Brown was appointed as Class III Director and Chair of Audit Committee at PRECISION BIOSCIENCES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director and Chair of Audit Committee
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Precision BioSciences, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Melinda Brown to serve as a Class III director on the Company’s Board and as Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357874/000156459022021763/0001564590-22-021763-index.htm

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